Despite the constant rain and cold temperatures, attendees turned out in droves for this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with more than 1,300 companies in attendance and more than 50,000 people from 180 countries participating. Along with lectures, keynotes and product launches (a slew of smartphones from HTC and the unveiling of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series, among the notable events) there was plenty to see on the show's grounds, held at Barcelona's Montju???c Fira Centre.

Nathan Eddy is Associate Editor, Midmarket, at eWEEK.com. Before joining eWEEK.com, Nate was a writer with ChannelWeb and he served as an editor at FierceMarkets. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.